Wed, 11 Jan 2017 11:42:02 +0000 BY MAILESI BANDA GOVERNMENT should consider implementing a policy that will ensure that people have life insurance cover so that when they die, they are transferred from the hospital to a funeral home to decongest the mortuary at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), a funeral director has suggested. Heritage Banda Funeral Services operations director, Mr Aaron Banda, was reacting to concerns from Lusaka residents who appealed to Government to consider extending the UTH mortuary, saying the city’s population had grown and that the mortuary was failing to accommodate all the dead, leading to some bodies being piled on the floor. A resident of Kanyama, Mr Chimunya Mweemba, told the Daily Nation on Monday that people visiting the mortuary were being subjected to a terrifying sight because most of the brought-in-dead bodies (BIDs) were piled on the floor. Mr Mweemba said there was need for the Ministry of Health […]
Funeral expert proposes policy to decongest UTH mortuary
